Winter 2026 Lakes Letter

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Contents

Features

• Portable genomics for lake monitoring: Lessons from Balaton by Taras K. Oleksyk 
• Data for decision making: The Lake Winnipeg Community-Based Monitoring Network by Chelsea Lobson
• The 2025 rise of Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre: Insights from Australia’s largest ephemeral lake by Mathieu Schuster, Joep Storms & Jan-Hendrik May
• Told through sediment cores: Stories of Lake Nipigon by Jennifer Korosi, Tim Hollinger, Dale Hardy, Joshua Thienpont, Robert Stewart, Nathan Wilson & Adam Kowtiash

Research Briefs

• Managing phosphorus for healthy soils and clear lakes by Darshani Kumaragamage,  Nelum Jayarathne & Inoka Amarakoon
• Lake Winnipegosis through time: A paleolimnological perspective by Samadhi Jayathissa
• Looking beneath the surface: Revealing the hidden threat of microplastics in lakes by Federica Rotta
• Beyond the catch: What motivates fishers and their role in managing Lake Tanganyika by Lloyd Haambiya
• Weather under water: Lake Champlain data buoy reveals storm impact on lake thermal structure by Tim Mihuc and Miranda Rummell
• Hidden freshwater oases: Uncovering pressurized groundwater beneath the Great Salt Lake playa by William Johnson

Association News

• Executive director’s note
• IAGLR joins Great Lakes Day in Ottawa
• New IAGLR board members
• IAGLR to help assess erosion of Great Lakes science capacity
• Conference exhibitor and sponsor opportunities
• Seeking Canadian host for IAGLR 2028
• Opportunities to save on conference costs
• Journal welcomes new associate and ECR editors, announces departure

Member News

• Renew your membership
• Kudos
• Welcome new members
• Write for Lakes Letter
• Member spotlight: Ronald Semyalo